John Rogers of Colchester in the County of Essex, haberdasher, 7 July 1628, proved 3 October 1628. Continue reading
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The Will of Thomas Rogers of Moulsham, shoemaker
Thomas Rogers of the hamlet of Mulsham in the County of Essex, shoemaker, written, 23 May 1625, proved at Chelmsford 14 January 1625/6. Continue reading
Thomas Rogers of Moulsham ‘shoemaker’
Thomas Rogers and Sara his first wife only had one son, Thomas, before her death. Continue reading
The Will of John Rogers of Moulsham, shoemaker
John Rogers of Mulsham, parish of Chelmsford, County of Essex, shoemaker, 10 June 1601. Continue reading
The Will of John Rogers the younger
In the name of God amen. I, John Rogers of Moulsham, joyner & etc. My body to be buried in the churchyard of the parish of Chelmsford.
John Rogers of Moulsham ‘the younger’
John Rogers the Younger family chart
This John Rogers was the father of John Rogers, shoemaker, Richard Rogers, minister of Wethersfield and Mary Duckfield, along with six others.
The appellation ‘the younger’ naturally indicates that there was an ‘elder’ as well. Sure enough, the St. Mary the Virgin parish register mentions one entry that says ‘the elder’; “Jone Rogers, wife of John Rogers the elder, carpenter, was buried on Wednesday the 3rd day of November, 1540“. This doesn’t tell us if ‘the elder’ was the father of ‘the younger’, however since John the younger named one of his daughters Jone, the name of the wife of John the elder, it does seem likely that he named his daughter after his mother. Continue reading